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DOJ Mounts Briefing to Respond to Epstein File Questions; Democrats Throw a Tantrum Instead and Storm Out

Garcia said the Democrats walked out after Bondi would not commit to answering a subpoena under oath.

DOJ Mounts Briefing to Respond to Epstein File Questions; Democrats Throw a Tantrum Instead and Storm Out
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The article reports that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee walked out of a closed-door DOJ briefing about the Epstein files, while Republicans and DOJ officials disputed their reasons. It presents the walkout as political theater and defends Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the briefing.

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Robert Garcia
D · CA-42

House Oversight Committee ranking member who participated in the walkout and objected to Bondi’s response about the subpoena.

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James Comer
R · KY-1

House Oversight Committee chair who arranged the briefing and questioned the need for Bondi’s deposition.

Comer's version of this story ↗

Attorney General who attended the briefing and was asked to commit to a subpoena for sworn testimony.

Bondi's version of this story ↗
Summer L. Lee
D · PA-12

House Oversight Committee member who walked out and questioned whether Comer would compel Bondi to answer the subpoena.

Lee's version of this story ↗
Tim Burchett
R · TN-2

Representative who called the Democrats’ walkout staged.

Todd Blanche
R · Attorney General

Deputy attorney general who attended the briefing with Bondi.

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

Former president mentioned in Bondi’s account of when the Epstein files were released.

Representative who said Democrats left without asking questions.

House Oversight Committee member who criticized the briefing in a social media post.

Representative whom the article says left the briefing.

ALSO MENTIONED  Barack Obama, Former president mentioned in Bondi’s account of the administrations during which the case spanned.; George W. Bush, Former president mentioned in Bondi’s account of the administrations during which the case spanned.; Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant attorney general who criticized the Democrats’ walkout.

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